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Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion
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Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion Hardcover - 2000

by Dan McCaffery


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I will defend my title against all comers, none barred. By this I mean white, black, Mexican, Indian, or any other nationality. I propose to be the champion of the world not the white, or the Canadian or the American. If I am not the best man in the heavyweight division, I don't want the title. In an era of pervasive racism, Tommy Burns had the courage to embrace bouts with African-Americans, including the great Jack Johnson. When Johnson won, the American South exploded with racial violence and Burns' reputation was widely smeared. But Burns was a terrific fighter who still holds many records after almost a century: he's the only World Heavyweight Champion to have defended his title twice in one night; his eight consecutive knockouts while champ have never been bettered; and at 5'7 he was the shortest titleholder in history. Award-winning journalist Dan McCaffery at last tells Burns' astonishing story: his humble beginnings and hard-won success, as well as his personal tragedies and virtually unmourned death. Here is a heroic Canadian who beat the odds, defied world opinion, and came out swinging.

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  • Title Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion
  • Author Dan McCaffery
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 268
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lorimer, Toronto
  • Date January 1, 2000
  • ISBN 9781550286977 / 1550286978
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001320749
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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